Entering or editing SMTP options

To send email through SMTP, you must supply information about the sender and the SMTP server in the SMTP Options dialog box. FileMaker Pro uses this information whenever you send email through SMTP. You do not have to enter it each time you send mail.

To enter or edit SMTP options:

  1. Display the Send Mail dialog box by doing either of the following.
  2. In the Send Mail dialog box:
    • to enter SMTP options for the first time, for Send via, choose SMTP Server
    • to edit SMTP options (and SMTP Server is selected), click Specify
  3. In the SMTP Options dialog box, enter user and SMTP server information.

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    Name

    Enter the name of the email sender (for example, your name). This name appears in the From field of your outgoing messages.

    E-mail Address

    Enter the email address from which outgoing mail will be sent (for example, Me@MyCompany.com).

    Reply-To Address

    Enter the email address to which incoming replies will be sent. This can be different from the outgoing address (for example, You@MyCompany.com). If you do not enter a reply-to address, replies will be sent to the outgoing address.

    Outgoing SMTP Server

    Enter the name of the SMTP server from which email will be sent.

    Port

    Keep the default 25, or enter a different number (such as X.400), to specify the port number to connect to on the SMTP server.

    Connection encryption

    Choose None if you do not need a secure connection, choose SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) if your email requires a secure connection, or choose TLS (Transport Layer Security) to allow both secure and insecure connections over the same port (the actual connection encryption depends on the SMTP server's configuration).

    Authentication

    Keep the default None (to require no login authentication on the SMTP server), or choose Plain Password (for no password encryption) or Cram‑MD5 (for password encryption).

    User Name

    (Available if you choose Plain Password or Cram-MD5 authentication.) Enter a user ID to authenticate the user on the SMTP server. Users must enter the correct name and password to send mail on this server.

    Password

    (Available if you choose Plain Password or Cram-MD5 authentication.) Enter a password to authenticate the user on the SMTP server. Users must enter the correct name and password to send mail on this server.
  4. Click OK.

    You are returned to the Send Mail dialog box, where you continue setting email options (step 4 of Sending email messages).

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